In Paris, increased security measures for the “Immortal Regiment”
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In France, the police have taken “unprecedented” measures to ensure the safety of the “Immortal Regiment” rally, which takes place in Paris on May 8, transmits “RIA News”.
According to the agency, the procession began on the Republic Square at 14.00 local time (15.00 Moscow time). Provocateurs also came to the gathering place, people shouted anti-Russian slogans, the publication says. The police pushed them out of the square. After the start of the procession, the column headed to the end point of the route – the Pere Lachaise cemetery.
RIA Novosti notes that a motorcade of several police cars was moving behind the column of members of the Immortal Regiment, and the gendarmerie and police forces controlled the procession from different sides. During the action, the police stopped several attempts at provocations.
The fact that the procession of the “Immortal Regiment” will be held in the traditional format in Paris on May 8, informed formerly Russian Ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov.
“I am glad that we have restored the traditional form of the procession from the Republic Square to the Pere Lachaise cemetery,” Meshkov said. The ambassador added that the French authorities had given permission for the rally.
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